The Waiting Game

I just got off the phone with the Adoption Agency and am feeling completely discouraged. She told me that our referral most likely wont happen for another 4-6 months and then we will have to wait 5-8 months after that before we will be able to bring our baby home! This has already felt like such a long process and seems like it will never truly come to be. I trust that in the end we will look back and know that the wait was worth it and timing is part of God's providence. I am such an impatient person so this is truly a test. On a happier note, she again told me that we will most likely be referred a boy, which I think will be perfect for Jackson and our family:)
And so, we continue to wait...

Baby Weight?

Over the past few months I have noticed my body starting to...how do I put it...change. Ive seen my hips grow and don't even get me started on my behind. I decided I needed to go to the dr. right away because, although I had taken several pregnancy tests (why dont they sell those things in bulk at costco?) which were negative (thank goodness since that would halt the adoption process), I thought I must either be pregnant with not one baby but quadruplets or I must have some serious thyroid condition. The dr. almost laughed out loud in my face when I explained what was going on, looked at me and said, "You're almost 30, you can't always weigh what you did when you were 20. It's nature taking it's course." Excuse me, why aren't you concerned and rushing me to get every test imagineable? I got home and consulted with my sister Kristin and she unfortunately agreed with the dr. I swallowed my pride and realized my bikini days are over and thought I guess it is just nature taking its course until I had an Oprah "A-Ha" moment-this is purely baby weight....I am "expecting" my second child...adoptive mothers are allowed baby weight right?!?!?! Im sure as soon as we bring our baby home the weight will just slip right off and I will jump into my bikini from my honeymoon:)

Livin' On A Prayer

So if you were to enter the Gaines house on any given day you would most likely hear something like Michael Jackson's P.Y.T or Johnny Lang's album Turn Around reverberating throughout the house...until today...now we are strictly listening to Livin' on a Prayer by Bon Jovi. While Jackson and I were running errands today we stumbled upon a "classic rock" station and the first song to come on was Livin on a Prayer, I found myself blaring it and singing along, to the point that I almost got into an accident because I was getting chills and "hangin on to what we got". I think even Jackson was into it because I looked in the rear view mirror and he was bopping his head around to the beat. Immediately when we got home I got on iTunes and downloaded the classic and proceeded to put it on repeat. I'll be at LA Fitness this afternoon thinking about how it was tough for Tommy because he's down on his luck...I'll be making dinner thinking about how hard Gina worked...I'll be going to bed tonight thankful that they've got eachother and are going to give it a shot for love. Such a GREAT song, if you don't agree check your pulse!!!
-Livin on a prayer-
Becky